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Storied career of Chicago’s ‘cultural historian emeritus’ continues even in ‘retirement’
Tim Samuelson is a self-proclaimed “history nerd” who turned a lonely and unpopular existence as a kid into a life-long career that continues to benefit Chicago.
Samuelson recently “retired” from the job after being Chicago’s first and only cultural historian. However, he still is cataloging artifacts and doing it for free. Money was never the motivation for him as he has a love of history and Chicago architecture. His love of Chicago and its history started from when he was a child, making forbidden solo trips downtown on the CTA to look at a list of historic Chicago buildings and would go from building to building collecting sample doorknobs.
Even though Samuelson is retired, he still wants to tell the stories of the city and use history to help make the present better.
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Storied career of Chicago’s ‘cultural historian emeritus’ continues even in ‘retirement’
Tim Samuelson is a self-proclaimed “history nerd” who turned a lonely and unpopular existence as a kid into a life-long career that continues to benefit Chicago.
Samuelson recently “retired” from the job after being Chicago’s first and only cultural historian. However, he still is cataloging artifacts and doing it for free. Money was never the motivation for him as he has a love of history and Chicago architecture. His love of Chicago and its history started from when he was a child, making forbidden solo trips downtown on the CTA to look at a list of historic Chicago buildings and would go from building to building collecting sample doorknobs.
Even though Samuelson is retired, he still wants to tell the stories of the city and use history to help make the present better.
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Storied career of Chicago’s ‘cultural historian emeritus’ continues even in ‘retirement’
Tim Samuelson is a self-proclaimed “history nerd” who turned a lonely and unpopular existence as a kid into a life-long career that continues to benefit Chicago.
Samuelson recently “retired” from the job after being Chicago’s first and only cultural historian. However, he still is cataloging artifacts and doing it for free. Money was never the motivation for him as he has a love of history and Chicago architecture. His love of Chicago and its history started from when he was a child, making forbidden solo trips downtown on the CTA to look at a list of historic Chicago buildings and would go from building to building collecting sample doorknobs.
Even though Samuelson is retired, he still wants to tell the stories of the city and use history to help make the present better.
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Storied career of Chicago’s ‘cultural historian emeritus’ continues even in ‘retirement’
Tim Samuelson is a self-proclaimed “history nerd” who turned a lonely and unpopular existence as a kid into a life-long career that continues to benefit Chicago.
Samuelson recently “retired” from the job after being Chicago’s first and only cultural historian. However, he still is cataloging artifacts and doing it for free. Money was never the motivation for him as he has a love of history and Chicago architecture. His love of Chicago and its history started from when he was a child, making forbidden solo trips downtown on the CTA to look at a list of historic Chicago buildings and would go from building to building collecting sample doorknobs.
Even though Samuelson is retired, he still wants to tell the stories of the city and use history to help make the present better.
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Storied career of Chicago’s ‘cultural historian emeritus’ continues even in ‘retirement’
Tim Samuelson is a self-proclaimed “history nerd” who turned a lonely and unpopular existence as a kid into a life-long career that continues to benefit Chicago.
Samuelson recently “retired” from the job after being Chicago’s first and only cultural historian. However, he still is cataloging artifacts and doing it for free. Money was never the motivation for him as he has a love of history and Chicago architecture. His love of Chicago and its history started from when he was a child, making forbidden solo trips downtown on the CTA to look at a list of historic Chicago buildings and would go from building to building collecting sample doorknobs.
Even though Samuelson is retired, he still wants to tell the stories of the city and use history to help make the present better.